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The United States generally, and the U.S. State Department in particular, seem perennially unwilling to grasp the realities of Pakistan. Refusing to recognize that Pakistan pursues ideological goals through the use of terrorism under its ever-expanding nuclear umbrella, the United States persists with the same strategy it has always used to handle the “Pakistan problem” – namely, attempt to induce better Pakistani comportment through handsome allurements.

In a unique Private- Public partnership that Sri Lanka has not seen before Global food giant Nestle partnered largest retail chain of Sri Lanka ' Lanka Sathosa', to drive nutrition among the mass market consumer in the C1, C2 and D SEC consumer groups of Sri Lanka. The launch was held at the flagship Lanka Sathosa outlet in Welisara under the leadership of Minister for Industry and Commerce Hon Rishad Bathiyutheen and the Chairman Lanka Sathosa Dr Rohantha Athukorala.

One could see some similarities in billionaire-businessman Donald Trump's ascendency to the front-runner position in the nation-wide primary elections to secure nomination to be the Republican Party presidential candidate for this November U.S. election and former Sri Lanka president Mahinda Rajapaksa's display of his nation-wide mass base and his commanding position in his party in recent times.